Device for the killing or disabling of flies and insects



v A. W. CASH.

DEVICE FOR THE KILLING 0R DISABLING 0F FLIES AND INSECTS.

APPLlCATlON FILED AUG.30, 1919.

1,369,757. Patented Feb. 22,1921

r I V/TNESSES:

' INQVEN TOR.

UNITED STATES PAT J F ARTHUR w. case, or DECATUR, 'InLINoIs, ASSIGNOR TO, UNITED smaaslwim me COL, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

nnvron non THE KILLING on DISABLING or FLIES AND msncrs. I

To all whom it may, concern:

Be it known thatI, ARTHUR W. CASH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a new annd useful Improvement in Devices for the Killing or Disabling of Flies and Insects, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relatesmore particularly to that class of devices commonly known as fly or insect killers, or swatters, and has for its object to provide an'efi'ective, elastic device,

. easy to manipulate and with smallliability to mar or deface surfaces or objects with which it may come in' contact in usage, and further, to provide a simple inexpensive article to manufacture, yetone having greatly extended lasting qualities; 1

In furtherance of these and other objects, I have constructed a device as will hereinafter be more fully described, and as illus: trated in the accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure l is a planview of one formof the device as it may be economically manufactured for effective'and lasting service. Fig. 2 is a plan view of another form of the: device provided with cushionededges to most effectually prevent marring or scarring of surfaces or objects, also to facilitate fastening the extended ends of folded over corners of body member. a

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4' are sectional views on lines 3-3 of Fig. l and 4--4i of Fig. 2, show ing method of attaching the overlapping clamping member to fixedly hold together the body and free diverging ends of handle in a manner to prevent twisting of the latter with respect to each other. I

Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 show sectional views of clamping device as applied to handle member at 55 on Fig. 1 and 66 of Fig. 2 respectively. b .1

While these several figures'illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention, various detail changes may evidently bemade in the general form without departing from the scope of the invention'and I do not wish to confine myself to the precise construction as shown in the several illustrations.

Referring to the several drawings, the letters C-C, Figs. 1 and 2, represent the body member which is made of any suitable flexible material, such as Wire mesh cloth and Specification of Letters Patent. Patent F 22, 1921 Application filed August 30, 1919. Serial N0.l32 0,871. i

' clamped by the latter and'thence continue to a unction with s the body member "at H.I- whence they diverge'and pass through clamp 7 member J. and terminate inffree ends I-I'.'

Clamp member J: overliesthe'lowertriangular. portion of body member G, and is folded over at the ends tightly holding together the body member C. and handle member D.-in fixed relation, also. holding the free ends I. of handle D. against-twisting move- I ment relative to each other-and the parallel portions G.

It may be tight clamping action-of the part J t0- ,ggether with the tight fixed action of the part prevents twisting, movement between the readily -'-understood that the I i body member C. and the handle member 1),, thereby maintaining the looped" ripping portion F. ofhandle [always int c same plane as that of body. Thisjrelative posi tion of the two'members permitting-a maximum degreev of flexibility, which is very necessary for maximum efficiency tlon of this device. i I

The folded over corner portions .of the' rectangular body member C. inclose and in opera-" retain the free diverging ends'I of'handle 7 member D. In addition to being fixedly held by clamp J thefolded over corner portions are further s'ecured'to the main portion of the bodymember C. by any. suitable means such as stitching alolig the top edge'o'f said corner portion as at E inFig. 2, or the said corner portions may be folded farther inward and partially overlap each other as shown in Fig.1 and be secured to main et'- tion of'bo dy member byiwire'staples as at The bodymember- C. as shown in Fig.2 is made with'a cushioned edge ofsuitable material, such as felt, stitched in position; this cushioned edge further serving as an effective means to facilitate fastening the folded, over corner portion to the main body portionas previously described.

Body member C. as shown in Fig. 1 is provided with folded over edges only which is notsuitable for stitching tosecure folded over corner portionto main body portion, hence the necessity for the further inward folding of the corner portion as shown in Fig. l, and the different means of securing said folded over corner portion as before described;

Having illustrated and described my improvements in construction of devices for killing or disabling of vflies and insects, I

claim:

1. In a device, for thekilling or disabling of flies and insects, the combination of a flexible body member, and a flexible, handle member composedof a single pieceof wire formed with an open loop for the gripping portion, the sides'of the loop then converging to an abutting central position, thence continuing parallel to a diverging point at its junction with the body member, the free ends of said handle member diverging at the same i angle as that of the corners of the body member whenfolded back overthe body,said cor- 2; In a-vdevice for the killing or disabling of flies and insects, the-combination of a I flexible body member and a flexible handle central position, then continuing parallel to membercomposedof a single piece of wire or other suitablematerial formed with an open loop for, the gripping portion, the sides of the loop then converging to an abutting a diverging point at its junction with the body memberythe free diverging ends of saidhandle member being'inclosed within the folded over corner portions of the body member, and clamping members adapted to clamp and fixedly hold the abutting sides of the handle member atthe point where they converge from the looped gripping portion and alsooverlying and fixedly clamping the foldedover body portion to the free diverging ends of the handle member at the junction of said body and said handle members in such manner as to prevent twisting'movement between the two parallel sides of the handle member.

3. I In a device for the killing or disabling of flies and insects, the combination of a flexible body member of substantially rectangular form, a flexible handle member composed of a single piece of wire or other suitable material bent to form an open loop gripping portion, the sides of the loop then converging to an abutting central position y then continued in parallel lines to a diverging point at its junction with the body memher, the free end of the handle member, then diverging at a'nangle the same as that of the folded over corner portionsof the body member,-the said free'ends of the handle member lying in an 'inclosed position between the body member and the said folded. over corner portions approaching and overlapping each other at a'central line of the main body portion, clamping means for fixedly holding the two abutting sides of said handle member at its junction with the looped gripping portion and also at the j unc= tion of its diverging free ends with thebody member, together with further means for suitably holding tcgether'the body member and the overlapping extended ends of the folded over corner portions thereof.

4. A device. for the killing or disabling of flies and insects comprising a flexible body. portion of substantially rectangular form, having two of its corners folded over upon itself at one end, the inner edges of said folded corners approaching each other near the central linemof body, flexible handle formed of a single piece of wire bent or looped at a point midway-of its length to form a gripping portion, each'end thence continuing to a point of junction with the body member, each free end from thence diverging outwardly between the-body member and the folded over corner portions thereof, a rigid clamping member adapted to engage and fixedly hold together the body member and the diverging free ends of the handle member in such a manner as to prevent twisting movement between the two sides of the handle member, and between the handle and body members. I I

ARTHUR w. CASH. Witnesses:

LEWIS J. COLBY, HARRY R. CALEB. 

